CARL E. WIEMAN

2001 Nobel Laureate in Physics

for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates.

• Born: March 26, 1951
• Place of birth: Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.
• Residence: U.S.A.
• Affiliation: JILA and National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO, USA
  • Address:
    University of Colorado
    Campus Box 440
    Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440
    USA
  • Telephone: (303) 492-6963
  • E-mail: Carl.Wieman@Colorado.EDU
• Education:
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B. Sc. 1973
  • Stanford University, Ph.D. 1977
  • University of Chicago, Doctorate of Science (Honorary), 1997

• Bose-Einstein Condensation by A. Griffin (Editor), D. W. Snoke (Editor), S. Stringari (Editor) (1996)
• Bose-Einstein Condensates and Atom Lasers by S. Martellucci (Editor), A. N. Chester (Editor), A. Aspect (Editor) (2000)
• Books on Bose-Einstein Condensation
• Books on Atom Lasers

• Prize co-recipient: Eric A. Cornell
• Prize co-recipient: Wolfgang Ketterle
• Wieman's webpage at University of Colorado
• Bose-Einstein Condensation Group at JILA's webpage
• Official award announcement and background
• Information on research from the Nobel Foundation
• Advanced Information on research from the Nobel Foundation

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• Carl E. Wieman contribution in book: Laser Physics at the Limits by Figger/Meschede/Zimmermann (submitted by Hans J Koelsch)
• Carl E. Wieman – Autobiography (submitted by Chinnappan Baskar)
• University of Colorado: Nobel Prize 2001 (submitted by Davis)
• Carl E. Wieman (submitted by Jackson)
• Carl E. Wieman - Autobiography in English (submitted by roman)
• Carl E. Weiman Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica (submitted by www.britannica.com)

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